Melissa Danaczko

About the Agent

Melissa Danaczko became a literary agent after more than a decade of publishing experience, most recently as Senior Editor with the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Today, Melissa represents a wide-range of Adult fiction and non-fiction titles. Across all categories, she is looking for a diversity of voices and projects that are both entertaining and enlightening, the types of books that you can get lost in and then when you finally resurface, want to discuss with others. Her authors have won or been nominated for the Pulitzer, Edgar, Anthony, International Thriller, Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, Lambda, Stonewall, NAACP, Hurston Wright Legacy, among other awards. Originally from Houston, TX, Melissa has lived in Miami, FL and now calls New York City home.

Represented authors

• Addison Armstrong
• Chelsea Conaboy
• John Fram
• Amanda Jayatissa
• Bernice McFadden
• Sarafina Nance
• Mira Ptacin
• Mallary Tenore Tarpley